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Border Town

@dividedcities

A design studio about cities built-on or divided-by borders.

dividedcities.com
Joined February 2011
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BORDERLANDS archthesis.cca.edu/?page_id=… "reconfiguration of the river/border" h/t @davidgissen
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The War on Tunnels turns out to be as effective as the War on Poverty and the War on Drugs. opendemocracy.net/opensecuri… by @subtopes
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We did a short interview with the Detroit Creative Corridor Center. detroitcreativecorridorcente…
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Much like our old Twitter avatar, our new one is by @doridoidea. It’s Baarle-Hertog/Baarle-Nassau.
Yes, we will get behind a photo exhibition of border fences. kickstarter.com/projects/701…
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At night, Chicago’s grid reveals its internal edges, thanks to differing city & suburb streetlights. thetransitpass.wordpress.com… via @bullroar

Image of the Week 1/10/10

The photo above is of the Chicago landscape at night.  I had the pleasure of seeing a similar image as I flew into Midway airport recently.  I was mesmerized as I looked out my window and could not…

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A comic about borders. smbc-comics.com/index.php?db…
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Cuomo administration at war with Canada over Peace Bridge. nytimes.com/2013/05/28/nyreg… via @moorehn

The Peace Bridge (What Else?) Sets Off a Cuomo-Canada War (Published 2013)

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s handling of differences over the international bridge is giving the wider world a glimpse of how he often wields power.

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Berlin’s deathstrip cherry blossoms. slowtravelberlin.com/2013/05… via @nicolatwilley
Mexicali and Calexico, with the Mexico/US border very distinct.
Image from Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield)
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Border Town alumni @albertchao wants to help people make utopian snow globes. nexttopmakers.com/submission…
Border Town Alum @albertchao wants to help you build your own utopia. nexttopmakers.com/submission…
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Berlin's borders remain. Differently coloured streetlights still mark the two halves. twitpic.com/c4lj6n via @future_andi
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Fellow @dividedcities alum @MadelineAshby is getting her book vN published, and it sounds pretty great: io9.com/5907775/the-most-mes…
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Bordertown, Surveillance, and the Evil Eye: madelineashby.com/?p=1206
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We are terrible at livetweeting. We had a wonderful time. Thank you for everything ~Tim, Emily & Marie-Eve #bt
The documentation team interviews participants. #btdj twitpic.com/8rla45
more Design Jam team Tumblrs: dink-crossing.tumblr.com/ and 12amtiger.tumblr.com/
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Hey @brokencitylab, One of our teams needs a flash intro to what's great in Windsor. Got a link? #btdj
Yet, this is the question designers are asked to answer over & over again: "What do you make for the person who has everything?" #btdj
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